Hamilton-Sunstrand, a division of United Technologies Corporation, established a coolant committee with representatives for the plant management, health an safety, manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, maintenance, and machine operators. The program included:

• Training sessions

• Implementation of ongoing recycling systems

• Monitoring of coolant and machine sump conditions

These results were obtained:

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Problem:

• A major rebuilder of automotive axles had high operation costs and capacity constraints.
• Frequent and expensive dumping of system
• Productivity losses due to machine downtime
• Increasing energy costs
• High labor costs to dump, clean and recharge system

Solution:

Coolant Management worked with the customer’s management and operations staff to produce a solution that integrated the best available technology — both chemical and equipment.

• Cleaning chemistry that would efficiently remove difficult greases
• Equipment that could quickly separate the heavy soil load from the cleaner bath
• Process development to optimize system up-time and minimize disposal
• On-going support as customer’s production increased and new and improved processes and equipment were added

Result: